Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, has died at the age of 87. "The Officer and a Gentleman" star died Thursday night in California.

Louis Gossett Jr., who became the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and also won an Emmy for his role in the TV miniseries “Roots,” died early Friday morning The sad news was ...

Mayor Andre Dickens is extending condolences to the family of Louis Gossett Jr ... the 7-year-old in a TV segment on children in desperate situations. His first cousin is actor Robert Gossett.